Cops
LAPD gets the OK from city council to remain a militarized police department for another year.
A motion to limit the department's deployment of tear gas and 40 mm rubber bullets failed to pass.
Cops
The Los Angeles Police Department is likely violating state law by failing to publish its use of force reports from the No Kings protest in June.
State law AB48 requires police to file the reports within 90 days of their protest response.
Police
Tally so far: at the anti-ICE demonstrations in June, CHP and LASD fired 9,600 projectiles and chemical munitions at protesters.
Recently published use of force reports outlines their gratuitous and forceful response during June's anti-ICE demonstrations across Los Angeles.
Police State, USA
Do you feel safe, yet?
Not crime, but retribution
LASD
Knock LA Wins Lawsuit to Unseal LA Sheriff’s Department Search Warrants
LASD searched protesters’ phones and other property after being arrested at a Dijon Kizzee demonstration on August 31, 2020.
LAPD
Another year and another LAPD budget increase
Despite calls to defund the police, this year's proposed budget asks for an $118 million increase to fund 780 new cops, two new helicopters, and more.